Contributor: Hennepin County Library / Physical Format: Broadsides (notices) / Location: City of Minneapolis / Topic: Agriculture / Type: Text

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Creator:: International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:: 1904
Description:: Poster of race horse Dan Patch, featuring his 1904 world record for the fastest mile by a harness horse (1 minute, 56 seconds). Includes list of all world records made by Dan Patch up to November 1904. Poster advertises the livestock feed produced by the International Stock Food Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage. Savage bought record breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business. Dan Patch would best this record in 1906 and set a new world record for the fastest mile by a harness horse at 1 minute, 55 seconds. Dan Patch is featured on many International Stock Food Products. The horse and his owner had a close connection: Dan Patch died July 11, 1916; Savage died of a heart attack a few days later. Dan Patch became less significant as America embraced the automobile. Ironically, Savage started manufacturing the Dan Patch automobile in 1911.
Contributing Institution:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Broadsides (notices)

Creator:: International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:: 1905?
Description:: International Stock Food Company poster showing Images as follows: steer with beef cuts illustrated, number 111; pig, number 124; horse skeleton, number 108 and horse, number 123. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Broadsides (notices)

Creator:: International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:: 1905?
Description:: Advertisement for animal feed sold by the International Stock Food Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The poster contains testimony from 87 farmers throughout the United States satisfied with the product. Satisfied customers include John Lien, Amor, Minnesota; A.A. Menzel, Hamburg, Minnesota; August Schmidt, New York Mills, Minnesota. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Broadsides (notices)

Creator:: International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:: 1907?
Description:: Similar image to umn191729 without the advertisement. Protection Chief was an American Chester White Boar that won may contests. William T. Dever of Lucasville, Ohio, bought the boar from Willis Whinery of Salem, Ohio, in 1899. International Stock Food Company was owned by Marion Savage, a Minnesota-based entrepreneur for whom the town of Savage, Minnesota, was named. Savage bought record-breaking harness race horse Dan Patch to help promote his business.
Contributing Institution:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Broadsides (notices)

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